Elections, Expression, and Platforms: The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race

By on October 4, 2023 in

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/04/2023
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location
Freedom Forum Conference Center on the Third Floor of Carroll Hall

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race is taking shape amid extraordinary changes in media and technology. Debates over platforms, content moderation, censorship, and the First Amendment have reached a fever pitch, especially as generative AI and TikTok have changed the face of campaigning and candidate communications. In collaboration with the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), this panel will offer a survey of expression-related issues that are shaping the 2024 Presidential Race, including how platforms approach content moderation, electoral mis- and disinformation, the implications of artificial intelligence for politics, and the opportunities and threats these changes pose to U.S. democracy.


Panelists:

  • Daniel Kreiss, PhD, Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media | Founding Principal Investigator, CITAP
  • Deen Freelon, PhD, Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania | Founding Principal Investigator & Senior Researcher, CITAP
  • Shannon McGregor, PhD, Associate Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media | Principal Investigator, CITAP

Event Moderator:

  • Alice E. Marwick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication | Founding Principal Investigator, CITAP

This event is open to the public and does not require registration.

Students can earn Campus Life Experience (CLE) credit.

This is just one of many events we are hosting on First Amendment Day!

Video from the event is available here:


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